E&E Bitcoin 'Cast

A retailer that participated in Bitcoin Black Friday recently posted their sales statistics online to show people how valuable Bitcoin was to him. Rob at whollyhemp.com loves Bitcoin and these pie charts tell us all why. Where Robs business came from on Bitcoin Black Friday: http://i.imgur.com/I50dBGS.png Where Robs processing fees were incurred for the day. http://i.imgur.com/CtxS3Py.png http://www.EdandEthan.com http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdAndEthan http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdAndEthanbitcoincast feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Another major theft of Bitcoin. Does this discredit the crypto-currency?http://www.techienews.co.uk/973470/silk-road-like-sheep-marketplace-scams-users-39k-bitcoins-worth- 40-million-stolen/#prettyPhoto http://www.EdandEthan.com http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdAndEthan http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdAndEthanbitcoincast feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Tripp Pugh from Post Politics had Ethan on to talk about Bitcoin and our chat with Peter Schiff. Were away this weekend and so our feature show will skip a beat but well be back next Sunday! http://www.EdandEthan.com http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdAndEthan http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdAndEthanbitcoincast feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

As Bitcoins value increases, so too does business adoption as business owners see an opportunity to trade goods and services for Bitcoin. Almost as though it were some sort of a transactional device. feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

With the price of Bitcoin on the rise past the $1,000 mark, some say that Bitcoin units should be referred to differently to stop people from thinking that you have to spend a lot of money to buy Bitcoin. feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Anthony Di Iorio with the Bitcoin Alliance of Canada talks with Ed about the upcoming Bitcoin Expo talking place in Toronto. http://www.bitcoinexpo.ca/ http://bitcoinmagazine.com/8335/bitcoin-alliance-of-canada-announces-bitcoin-expo-2014/ feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Mark Spitznagel, founder of the $6 Billion Universa Capital fund has a poor outlook on Bitcoin. http://www.dailyfinance.com/2013/11/25/this-fund-manager-thinks-bitcoins-value-is-limited/ feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Governments around the world are more and more mulling over what to do when it comes to writing tax policy for Bitcoin. Korea, at least for the moment, seems to have decided that no tax is best while they figure it out. http://bitcoinbabble.com/?p=192 feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Well, we had a veritable cornucopia of stories lined up for this week but the Bitcoin bug bit us and bit hard.After hearing Peter Schiff talk about how Bitcoin is a Ponzi Scheme, we decided to book him for a quick back and forth that turned into an entire segment! We couldnt let it go and turned to Erik Vorhees, a Bitcoin business rockstar and eloquent defender of the worlds leading cryptocurrency to take on some common myths pushed by Peter during our second half. feedback@edandethan.com http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdAndEthan http://www.EdandEthan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

We know Bitcoin is divisible but why?  Ethan takes a moment to explain the divisibility issue for our daily update after reading some comments on the web about it. feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Bitcoin prices still experience noticable swings so Ethan thinks its a good time to revisit the bubble issue and take a look back in Bitcoin price history. feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

The Bitcoin network continues to grow and grow surpassing Western Union in daily average dollar equivalent volume. http://coinometrics.com/bitcoin/btix feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

Following American Senate hearings on Bitcoin, the markets have reacted with overwhelming enthusiasm. We go over some quick highlights from the hearings. http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/18/5119062/senate-committee-hearing-on-bitcoin feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

An old and very tired line is pushed as new journalism at Business Insider. If Bitcoin is so secure, then why have so many of them been stolen? http://www.businessinsider.com/the-history-of-bitcoin-theft-2013-11 feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn

A riled up Ethan talks about why attempts to white-list Bitcoin cant possibly work. These central planner wannabes have gotta learn themselves some gul-durned economics! http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2013/11/13/sanitizing-bitcoin-coin-validation/ feedback@edandethan.com Donate bitcoins at: 12CEuFuAXLPQLe679ZHEsXqYgMfzT1p9qn